Kaleidoscope of Ideas: Hands-On Activities for Gifted Minds

A user-friendly resource book for teachers, Kaleidoscope of Ideas contains numerous classroom activities that are designed to help middle primary to junior secondary students develop creative thinking skills.

These practical and enjoyable activities require very little preparation and may be used in the classroom immediately. Covering topics that range from the everyday to larger global and more serious issues, each activity can be used as a sound tool to help the development of systematic creative thinking.

Many of the activities in Kaleidoscope of Ideas require group work, encouraging students to learn cooperative social skills. Most of the activities can be adapted to suit different content.

 

Author Biography

Author, mentor and teacher Hazel Edwards has been involved with gifted education as a Tournament of Minds problem-writer and judge. She has mentored interesting thinkers of all ages and is intrigued by the techniques of unconventional problem-solvers. Many of her published stories deal with ‘coping successfully with being different’ and with real-world problem solvers. Her best-known publication is the children’s picture book classic There’s a Hippopotamus on Our Roof Eating Cake (1980).